Places KatjaSm Wants to Go

There is a strange little carving of a person seemingly crushed by a pillar behind the remains of St. Thomas Aquinas.

This miniature Paris, built out of trash, is one man's two decade labor of love.

Ancient paintings known as the "Sistine Chapel of Cave Art."

A bizarre sculpture garden in the south of France.

An abandoned nightclub has become a vibrant work of art.

One of the most spectacular bridges in Spain spans a narrow chasm that divides the city of Ronda.

With a facade that measures just 107 centimeters, this five-story building is one of the skinniest in Europe.

Continental Europe's only museum devoted to salt and pepper shakers features more than 20,000 designs.

This statue celebrates the winners of one of the most popular mountain stages in the Vuelta a España cycle race.

Bacteria and algae give the salty water its bubblegum hue.

A Spanish town built into the cliffs.

This surreal-looking tree pruned more than 1,000 years ago is still producing olives for oil.

A New York–based physician returned home to Spain to build his own elaborate monument to Christopher Columbus.

A complimentary beverage is offered to the bodega's resident rodents every day.

Considered the birthplace of the Copper Age and Bronze Age, the river is tinted red from 5,000 years of mining.

An ancient Roman theatre restored to its former glory in the Spanish city of Cartegena.

Spanish architects used seized Muslim gravestones to rebuild parts of the fortress.

Despite its grandiose name, this enigmatic first-century void under the town is no cave, and it's possibly not a palace either.

Bold black and white motifs of life and death add a dramatic flair to this 17th-century crypt.

Sample Spanish wines under frescoes in a historic monastery of "barefoot old men."

Three bridges and one giant canyon make up this fantastic Spanish settlement.

This quaint Spanish village agreed to be painted blue as a marketing stunt but found that they preferred it that way.

The defensive tower was built centuries ago to warn locals of Berber pirate attacks.

Red, white, and blue painted steps along with a Union Jack celebrate the outcome of Gibraltar's 1967 referendum.